Avner Schlessinger

Discovery Centre

Full Professor(heuristic)

Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism · Biochemistry

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h-index53
i10-index103
Publications210
Citations10,100

Grants

9 total · 4 active

NIH #R01NS145483

Structural Studies and Drug Discovery to Interrogate the Function of Neuronal SLC4 Transporters

Active
Amount
$600K–$700K
Period
2025-07-01 → 2030-06-30
PIs
3

Awarded at ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI

NIH #T32GM154814

Integrated Training in Pharmacological Sciences

Active
Amount
$300K–$400K
Period
2025-07-15 → 2030-06-30
PIs
3

Awarded at ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI

NIH #R01CA277794

Substrate Specificity Determinants in Nutrient Solute Carrier Transporters

Active
Amount
$400K–$500K
Period
2023-07-10 → 2028-06-30
PIs
1

Awarded at ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI

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All Grants

9 total · 4 active

NIH #R01NS145483

Structural Studies and Drug Discovery to Interrogate the Function of Neuronal SLC4 Transporters

Active
Amount
$600K–$700K
Period
2025-07-01 → 2030-06-30
PIs
3

Awarded at ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI

NIH #T32GM154814

Integrated Training in Pharmacological Sciences

Active
Amount
$300K–$400K
Period
2025-07-15 → 2030-06-30
PIs
3

Awarded at ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI

NIH #R01CA277794

Substrate Specificity Determinants in Nutrient Solute Carrier Transporters

Active
Amount
$400K–$500K
Period
2023-07-10 → 2028-06-30
PIs
1

Awarded at ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI

NIH #R01HD107528

Prenatal medication exposure in autism, birth complications and developmental disabilities

Active
Amount
$600K–$700K
Period
2022-09-13 → 2027-08-31
PIs
3

Awarded at ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI

NIH #U01CA271318

Multi-modal data integration to identify kinase substrates

Amount
$500K–$600K
Period
2022-07-05 → 2026-06-30
PIs
1

Awarded at ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI

NIH #T32GM062754

Integrated Training in Pharmacological Sciences

Amount
$200K–$300K
Period
2001-07-05 → 2025-06-30
PIs
1

Awarded at ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI

NIH #R21NS130886

Identifying New Astrocytic Kir4.1 Channel Modulators for Treating Huntington's Disease

Amount
$200K–$300K
Period
2023-04-01 → 2025-03-31
PIs
2

Awarded at ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI

NIH #R01GM108911

Substrate Specificity Determinants in Nutrient Solute Carrier Transporters

Amount
$300K–$400K
Period
2014-04-01 → 2023-04-30
PIs
1

Awarded at ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI

NIH #F32GM088991

Description of substrate specificity determinants in Solute Carrier Transporters

Amount
<$100K
Period
2010-05-01 → 2012-04-30
PIs
1

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO

Recent Public Signals

  1. New preprint: Targeting an allosteric binding site in the citrate transporter NaCT (SLC13A5)2026-06-08
  2. New paper: Allosteric Inhibitionof PKMYT1 Induces a Unique,Inactive ATP Binding Site Conformation (Figshare)2026-06-02
  3. New NIH award: Integrated Training in Pharmacological Sciences2025-07-15

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  • Grants as of 2026-09-04

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